No room for mistakes : British and Allied submarines in European waters 1939-1940 / Geirr H. Haarr.

"A new book from this bestselling author covering the events at sea in the early years of World War II, in which he has compiled comprehensive research and insight into a highly readable and detailed account of British and Allied submarine warfare in north European waters at the beginning of the war...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Haarr, Geirr H. (Author)
Language:English
Published: Barnsley, United Kingdom : Seaforth Publishing, 2015.
Subjects:
World War, 1939-1945 > Naval operations > Submarine.
Submarines (Ships) > History > World War, 1939-1945.
Submarine warfare > History > World War, 1939-1945.
Military operations, Naval > Submarine.
Submarine warfare.
Submarines (Ships)
1939-1945
History.
Genre:
History.
Physical Description:xiii, 450 pages : illustrations, maps ; 25 cm
Variant Title:
British and Allied submarines in European waters 1939-1940.
Format: Book
Contents:
  • The Admiralty regrets
  • The thin grey line
  • The submariners
  • '... the violence of the enemy'
  • '... the dangers of the sea'
  • A slight drizzle
  • The Polish predicament
  • A most appalling crash
  • Luck and good fortune
  • Something less than God
  • Negative flag
  • First blood
  • Action taken
  • A most unpleasant day
  • Freedom of action
  • Out of the fog
  • Le grande patrouille
  • Fear of invasion
  • 'We've 'it a bleedin' mine'
  • Submarine mining operations
  • Black, filthy water
  • Deep-sea stalkers
  • Allied submarines
  • A summer of grief
  • Cygnus's convoy
  • Loss of Shark
  • Brushes
  • Autumnsong
  • Appendices. I. Key data for British submarines
  • II. Home water submarine flotillas, 1939-1940
  • III. British and Allied submarines lost in 1939-1940 in home waters, North Sea and Bay of Biscay
  • IV. Ships attacked by Allied submarines in 1939-1940
  • V. Minefields laid by Allied submarines, 1940
  • VI. French submarine patrols out of Harwich and Dundee in April and May 1940.